SHAH ALAM: Late last year, Malaysian Defence reported that the Defence Ministry issued a request for bids for the supply, delivery, integration and commissioned of a new fire control radar optical (FCRO) for KD Jebat (pennant number 29). The advertisement for the item was published on December 26 2023, and […]
SHAH ALAM: This is the third story on the contracts signing ceremony at LIMA 2023. This one will concentrate on RMAF ones though one item will be for Joint Force Headquarters as it had only one contract at the ceremony. As reported previously, the three deals signed for the RMAF […]
SHAH ALAM: A RMAF Bae Systems Hawk Mk108 jet trainer crashed at the Butterworth airbase last night, leaving one of the pilots dead while the other hospitalised. The deceased pilot was identified as Capt Mohamad Affendi Bustamy by RMAF while Major Mohd Fareez Omar is undergoing treatment at the Seberang […]
SHAH ALAM: More life for the Hawks. It appears that BAE Systems has demonstrated its Hawk trainers has a service life of 50,000 hours. The demonstration of the structural life of the Hawk was done in Australia by BAE Systems. The release from BAE Systems: A Hawk aircraft, the advanced […]
SHAH ALAM: Preparing for the new radar. It appears that RMAF is preparing the ground work for the site of the new air surveillance radar which had been funded. RMAF Air Operations Commander Lt. Gen Abdul Mutalib Abd Wahab visited the proposed site of the new radar in Sarawak on […]
SHAH ALAM: Mirror, mirror on the wall. Apart from the RFIs for LCA, MPA and UAV, RMAF had also issued request for information for long range, air surveillance radars ahead of LIMA 19. Three OEMs namely Leonardo, Saab and BAE Systems had confirmed receiving the RFI for the air surveillance […]
SHAH ALAM: BAE Systems at LIMA 19. BAE Systems, the largest international supplier to the Malaysian Armed Forces with equipment in service across domains, including the Hawk Light Combat Attack and Training aircraft in service with the Royal Malaysian Air Force as well as naval vessels and land vehicles is […]
SHAH ALAM: Hawk Silver Jubilee. The 25th anniversary of the RMAF Hawk is scheduled to be held on March 2, 2019. The celebration, likely to be held at the Butterworth airbase, will be the third for RMAF’s 90s fast jets after the ones for the Fulcrum and the Hornet. It […]
SHAH ALAM: Motherships needed. The Malaysian Coast Guard has a need for at least two large vessels to serve as “motherships” for its small patrol boats to boost its maritime enforcement duties. MMEA director general Adm. (M) Zulkifli Abu Bakar says the “motherships” if acquired could be stationed at the […]
KUALA LUMPUR: Oman took delivery of the first of 12 Eurofighter Typhoon at the Adam Air Base, Oman on June 12. Royal Air Force of Oman Chief AVM Mattar bin Ali bin Mattar Al Obaidani was present at the welcoming ceremony. The first aircraft is a twin seater. The Sultanate […]
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